- Description
- Don Hearn is an Editor and Correspondent who hails from a badminton-loving town in rural Canada. He joined the Badzine team in 2006 to provide coverage of the Korean badminton scene and is committed to helping Badzine to promote badminton to the place it deserves as a global sport. Contact him at: don @ badzine.net
![Soniia Cheah of Malaysia and Korea’s Chang/Kim were the first to take down top ten opponents on Day 3 the 2019 Thailand Open. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent live in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190801_1416_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL0004_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 R16 – Key upsets from Korea and Malaysia")
![Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy offed the first seeded mixed pair at the 2019 Thailand Open, beating Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in three close games. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190731_1414_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL4882_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 R32 – Ponnappa and Rankireddy cause first mixed upset")
![Choi Sol Gyu and Seo Seung Jae came back from a game down to oust defending champions Kamura/Sonoda from the 2019 Thailand Open but two Korean debuts ended early. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190731_1218_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL0228_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 R32 – Choi/Seo take down defending champions")
![Early first round action on Tuesday at the 2019 Thailand Open finished upset-free until the last match when Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi won a nail-biter against Ahsan/Setiawan. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Ong-Teo-20190730-ThailandOpen2019-7636-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 Day 1 – Ong and Teo oust former World Champs")
![Reigning World Junior Champions Di/Wang and fell to veterans Kim Gi Jung / Kim Sa Rang not long after Sony Dwi Kuncoro schooled Kunlavut Vitidsarn as the 2019 Thailand Open […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190730_1419_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL6998_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2019 Day 1 – Veteran Kims rule over junior champs in qualifying")
![On the eve of the 2019 Thailand Open, 3 of the top 4 women’s singles seeds dropped out, including last year’s champion and runner-up, Nozomi Okuhara and Pusarla Venkata Sindhu […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180715_1827_ThailandOpen2018_MIK_5681-115x115.jpg "Strong Thailand Open field to start minus 2018 finalists")
![Brian Yang narrowly missed a triple crown at the Pan Am Junior Championships, but partner Jonathan Chien teamed up with Crystal Lai to pull off the mixed doubles triple as […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190519_1250_SudirmanCup2019_BPMR6328-115x115.jpg "PAN AM JUNIORS 2019 – Yang 2 for 3, mixed triple for Chien/Lai")
![2017 European Champion Rajiv Ouseph has announced he will leave international badminton following next month’s World Championships. Photos: Badmintonphoto Badminton England reported yesterday that Britain’s top men’s singles shuttler Rajiv […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170430_1638_EuropeanChampionships2017_BPYN8103-115x115.jpg "Former European Champion Ouseph to retire after Worlds")
![Chae Yu Jung / Seo Seung Jae became the only repeat mixed doubles Aussie champions during its Sydney era. Shi Yu Qi and Ou Xuan Yi / Liu Yu Chen […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221120_1349_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0036_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Finals – Historic repeat the feat"){kind=small}
![Blink or leave your seat to buy fast food and it would turn out to have a different outcome from what you were initially led to believe in more than […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221119_1522_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0034_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF – Fancy seeing you on Sunday"){kind=small}
![In doubles, at a baseline level the pair needs to be reliable and then have something special on top of that to make it further. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022-QF-WD1-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN QF – Finding that little bit extra"){kind=small}
![Drama mixed with entertainment fueled the marquee singles matches. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) World #3 vs world #27 The ultra-popular and charismatic 2021 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220715_2118_SingaporeOpen2022_BPYL4448_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R16 – What actually happened in the last match of the night?"){kind=small}
![It was like a final in the first round as Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk took on recent Hylo Open winners Lu/Yang in Sydney. By Aaron Wong, Badzine […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220705_1622_MalaysiaMasters2022_BPES3440_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R32 – Wish it were longer"){kind=small}
